# William E. Ward Jr.

[wward@warddevelopment.com](mailto:wward@warddevelopment.com)  +1 (817) 648-6230  github.com/willseward  bitbucket.org/willseward  linkedin.com/in/willsward  warddevelopment.com  Fort Worth, Texas

## Summary

_Web, mobile, and desktop application developer for over_  _8 years with systems administration experience in Linux,_  _Unix, Windows, and Cloud Computing with emphasis in_  _DevOps._  Currently, William contributes to several  _open source software projects including Rancher, Lego/ACME, Django security libraries, and Docker tools._  He maintains a few projects himself ranging  _from Django plugins to Systems Administration tools._  Since then, William has attended Texas Christian  _University where he sold WillWorks, developed sev-plenty new applications, and acquired several new skills._  His main competencies and interests include hybrid  _and fully-virtualized server environments, cloud com-  computing, containerization and related technologies._  In his spare time, William enjoys playing piano,  _researching new technologies, and growing tropical_  plants. He also volunteers his time and technology  _resources at Simple Sending, EasyBites by Meals On_  _Wheels, Inc. of Tarrant County, Shine Therapy, and_  _Snappfund._

## Experience

**GivePay Commerce, LLC**  Fort Worth, Texas, USA  **Chief Information Officer**  _June ’17 – present_  GivePay Commerce is an innovative FinTech company with a focus on connecting people, places, and community through commerce. The company successfully completed its Series A funding cycle to support monetizing payments via an innovative new flat-rate payments solution and crowdfunding platform (under development). At GivePay Commerce, William is responsible for the high-level planning of GivePay Commerce’s technology efforts and manages its talented development team. William makes direct contributions to the development efforts and expressly determines the direction of company’s strategic technological goals.  **Technologies:** Go, C♯, ASP.Net Core, NATS, Cassandra.

**Ward Development**  Fort Worth, Texas, USA  **Senior Developer**  _August ’14 – present_  Ward Development is a full-stack development firm serving clients across the globe. William manages the Cloud infrastructure, the container orchestration services, and DevOps technologies. He also serves as lead developer, account relationships manager, and contracting lead.  **Technologies:** Various web development stacks.

**Macrobits**  Fort Worth, Texas, USA  **CIO & Systems Administrator**  _November ’13 – August ’14_  William directed client relationships and managed projects while serving as CIO. He leveraged Cisco and HP technologies to construct a hybrid network with various virtualization technologies.

**Texas Christian University**  Fort Worth, Texas, USA  **Application Developer & Cloud Computing Advocate**  _October ’13 – June ’17_  William reengineered both iOS and Android mobile applications while introducing and implementing an on-premises Docker infrastructure.  **Technologies:** Docker, Rancher, Python/Django, .Net MVC, ASP.Net Core, PHP, iOS, Android.

**WillWorks**  Aledo, Texas, USA  **Solutions Manager**  _November ’07 – March ’14_  WillWorks began as a small project to learn Microsoft .Net technologies. William founded and operated the company until it was bought by Macrobits in 2014.

## Education

**Texas Christian University**  Fort Worth, Texas, USA  **Degrees**  _2013 – 2017_  Bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Technology  Minor in Music Performance – Piano  **Involvement**  App Club, President  Upsilon Pi Epsilon—Computing and Information Honor Society, Member

## Skills

**Technical expertise:**  **Programming Languages:** Java, C♯, Objective-C, Python, Go, PHP, Ruby, HTML, CSS, Bash scripting, Visual Basic, C++, C, JavaScript, Arduino.  **Data Technologies:** MySQL, MariaDB + Galera, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, HBase, Redis.  **Frameworks:** iOS SDK, APNS, OS X, Android, GCM, Microsoft .Net, ASP.Net, ASP.Net Core, .Net MVC 4–6, Django, Bottle, SQL Alchemy, Flight, JQuery, Bootstrap, Wagtail.  **Computing:** Educated in Cisco Routing and Switching; familiar with HP, Dell, and IBM servers; research on Docker, containerization, cloud computing, DevOps, and resource utilization efficiency; great amount of experience with Linux/Unix system administration; makes heavy use of several AWS products including: EC2, S3, SNS, and Route53; experienced with IoT technologies including Arduino.

## Certifications

**Development**  **Google Certified Associate Android Developer**  December 1st, 2017

## Interests

Horticulture, Classical Music, Cleanliness and Organization, Jeeps, Piano, Arm-chair psychology/sociology.